How does your Wife or Husband and kids feel about your Collecting?

[80stoyman]

The #1 thing I hear when I buy collections is "My wife wants it out of the house"

My wife loves what I do and loves being in my office full of vintage toys :grin:


Curious for others..... is the support there?

[Wee67]

It's WHY my wife married. She couldn't resist when I told her, "You know, Babe, My llose Supergirl doll still has the clear band holding her hair down." WHo could resist that pcik-up line?!?!

[garagesale]

My wife is 100% in support of it... kind of came as a surprise to me when I started collecting...

My daughter LOVED it when she was little, as she used to make off with my toys. She returned a bunch of hijacked stuff just recently. The last toy she played with (even after she had me put the Barbies in the attic) were Dinah-Mites.

My son... doesn't care. It's all about video games.

JamesD

[Earth 2 Chris]

Wife is totally supportive. She started collecting Barbies while we were dating. I took her into TRU and Wal-Mart so much she had to buy SOMETHING. Just a few weeks ago she told me I NEEDED the Hot Toys Captain America. I didn't argue much!

The kids love it. Both of my kids are eaten up with super heroes. Even my 4-year old daughter. She's all about the Fisher Price Little People DC figures and Imaginext offerings. My 10-year old son loves to show folks "the collectibles room". He has almost as much stuff as I do now!!!

Chris

[kingdom warrior]

My wife came over to my house when we started dating, and saw my collection and my Mom's Barbie collection, who I inherited from when she passed away, and said boy you're kids are gonna love you.....

She's always been supportive of it, never ever complained about it.......

[Nostalgiabuff]

my wife was the one who said i should get display cases to show my collection

[Adam West]

My wife really can't stand it, but she puts up with it. I don't think her brain is wired to understand the collector mentality, but she knows I like it and lives with it.

My two older kids are ambivalent toward it. The oldest has a similar attitude as my wife. My daughter thinks it's cool but not really up her alley. My youngest son loves it and is a collector himself. He is always asking me questions about stamps, coins, etc. He loves looking at everything I collect.

[Saroyan]

The kids like to see what I have in my display case but don't really seem to have much interest past that.

My wife puts up with it...she just rolls her eyes from time to time when ANOTHER package shows up!

[Donkey Hoatie]

She didn't understand it for the longest time. So, I opened up the closet, pointed at her shoes (specifically the 4 pairs of Dansko clogs that were in different colors), and said, "It's like that, but with toys."

Of course, she hated that I was being a smart-arse, but since then, we've both cut waaaaaaay back on stuff. In fact, I'm probably going to be purging a chunk of my collection pretty soon.

[nazgul]

For the most part, my wife is ok with my collecting. What she isn't too fond of is the space that I take up in the house with the stuff. Pretty much the entire attic and basement are all mine...

My kids love it! How many dads are always up for a trip to Toy's R Us? They both seem to had the "bug"...My son loves the SuperHero Imaginext stuff and my daughter is positively addicted to Monster High....she even keeps the boxes. :cool_y:

[Brad]

My wife and son both collect stuff too so they understand.
:grin:

[HardyGirl]

I don't have a spouse, but when my mom was alive, she thought I was nuts, but thought it was kinda cool as well. My brother respects my collection enough to kick a tennant out and give me the extra room for my toyroom when I moved into this house in 2006. Every time he's in town and has someone over, he shows them my toyroom w/ pride. It is an impressive sight. :yes:

[Kotter]

My wife would probably prefer we spend the money on other things sometimes, but is always happy to know that she can find something I will really like at Christmas and birthday times.

[galaxyexplorer42]

My live-in girlfriend of 5 years doesn't really care one way or another... At least it seems that way most of the time. Although when I bring up Mego this or re-Mego that, she usually changes the subject within 30 seconds or so......

[4NDR01D]

My wife tolerates the actual toys, but when I mentioned to her (and a room full of guests we had over) that I recently purchased several tubes of toothpaste because they reminded me of being a 3 year old, I could actually HEAR their collective eye rolling.

[Captain Big Trousers]

I've turned the spare bedroom in my house into my Awesome Room of Awesomeness™ (!!!!). At first my wife was all like :huh:. Then she was like :smiley8:, but now she's all :2thumbsup:.

Also, she knitted my Dr. Who scarf, so in a way she's kinda encouraging me.

I don't think my kids have opinions (or any thoughts at all) on the "study" (lol). My son is 11 now, and a mad Doctor Who fan, yet I have a Cyberman head (http://www.millenniumfx.co.uk/showreels/doctor-who) on my desk and my son is just kinda "meh" about it.

[ScottA]

My kids dig it. My wife tolerates it.

[spacecaps]

I don't have a wife but my kid loves the old stuff I buy especially when I let him play with them. A few days ago I had my Mego's out and he was playing with the Batman ones on the living room floor. He's pretty respectful of the stuff so there's no worries there. Actually right now hes playing in the living room with a couple of vintage 12" Star Wars toys I got today in the mail.

Here's a quick story about "significant others" and collecting....
Two years ago I was looking into buying a classic car. I thought it be fun to shop around with my girlfriend whom I had been dating for about 6 months. When I mentioned this to her she asked me in a snarky way if my regular car was paid off. I said no and she replied "Well then you don't need that. Come ask me if I want to look at old cars when you pay it off." I took about a day to think about what she said and then broke up with her. About three weeks later I bought a 1970 Mustang, which I still have.

[raider5gt]

My girlfriend thinks it's cool i collect toys,she even gets me the odd thing when she sees something i might like.My daughter makes fun of me that i play with dollies :grin:

But now i have her looking for Hot Wheels Treasure Hunts for me,when she is out and about,so she is now coming around to the idea i collect toys. :smiley1:

[Chris]

my Mom's Barbie collection, who I inherited from when she passed away, and said boy you're kids are gonna love you.....

She's always been supportive of it, never ever complained about it.......

So sorry to hear about your mother! She sounded like a great person.

[Gorn Captain]

My wife is very supportive. When I sell something, she always ask "are you sure?"
Actually, I think she's too good for me.She should beat me up more often...